04453oam 2200805 450 991055424980332120220303221430.00-691-18971-410.1515/9780691189710(CKB)4100000011774647(MiAaPQ)EBC6481380(DE-B1597)576333(DE-B1597)9780691189710(OCoLC)1240711530(PPN)265133726(EXLCZ)99410000001177464720210708d2021 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThings fall together a guide to the new materials revolution /Skylar TibbitsPrinceton ;Oxford :Princeton University Press,[2021]©20211 online resource (225 pages)0-691-17033-9 Frontmatter --Contents --Acknowledgments --Programming Matter --Computing Is Physical --Order from Chaos --Less Is Smart --Robots without Robots --Build from the Bottom Up --Design from the Bottom Up --Reverse, Reuse, Recycle --The Future of Matter Is Evolving --Notes --References --Index --Image CreditsFrom the visionary founder of the Self-Assembly Lab at MIT, a manifesto for the dawning age of active materialsThings in life tend to fall apart. Cars break down. Buildings fall into disrepair. Personal items deteriorate. Yet today's researchers are exploiting newly understood properties of matter to program materials that physically sense, adapt, and fall together instead of apart. These materials open new directions for industrial innovation and challenge us to rethink the way we build and collaborate with our environment. Things Fall Together is a provocative guide to this emerging, often mind-bending reality, presenting a bold vision for harnessing the intelligence embedded in the material world.Drawing on his pioneering work on self-assembly and programmable material technologies, Skylar Tibbits lays out the core, frequently counterintuitive ideas and strategies that animate this new approach to design and innovation. From furniture that builds itself to shoes printed flat that jump into shape to islands that grow themselves, he describes how matter can compute and exhibit behaviors that we typically associate with biological organisms, and challenges our fundamental assumptions about what physical materials can do and how we can interact with them. Intelligent products today often rely on electronics, batteries, and complicated mechanisms. Tibbits offers a different approach, showing how we can design simple and elegant material intelligence that may one day animate and improve itself—and along the way help us build a more sustainable future.Compelling and beautifully designed, Things Fall Together provides an insider's perspective on the materials revolution that lies ahead, revealing the spectacular possibilities for designing active materials that can self-assemble, collaborate, and one day even evolve and design on their own.Programmable materials3D printing.4D printing.adaptive environments.adaptive materials.adaptive products.additive manufacturing.best science books.computing.consumer products.digital information.engineering.fabrication.material computation.material computing.physical computation.physical computing.popular science.product design.programmable materials.programmable matter.recycle.recycling.robotics.self-organization.smart environments.smart materials.smart products.smart wearables.transformable materials.Programmable materials.620.11UB 5340rvkTibbits Skylar933943MiAaPQMiAaPQUtOrBLWBOOK9910554249803321Things fall together2815393UNINA